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At least three people were killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land in stormy weather at an airport in the lakeside city of Bukoba, local media reported.
Twenty-six people have been rescued so far with 43 people on board the Precision Air flight.
The aircraft, which had departed from the capital, Dar es Salaam, "fell in Lake Victoria this morning due to storms and heavy rains," TBC reported.
Rescue boats were deployed and emergency workers were continuing to pull the remaining passengers from the plane, TBC added.
Precision Air, Tanzania's largest privately owned airline, identified the plane as flight PW 494 and said it was "involved in an accident as it was approaching Bukoba Airport." The airline's statement gave no further details.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan called for calm as the rescue operation continued. "I have received with sadness the news of the accident involving Precision Air's plane," she tweeted. "Let's be calm at this moment when rescuers are continuing with the rescue mission while praying to God to help us."
The African Union Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat also shared his condolences, as did the secretary general of the regional East African Community bloc, Peter Mathuki.
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